Thursday, July 25, 2013

Every book, every volume … has a soul.

The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Instead of focusing on how far you still have to go, take some time today to remind yourself of how far you’ve already come.Yes, you’re still struggling. And yes, you still have some distance to cover,but those things don’t discount the progress you’ve already made. Healing takes time. It’s not a process that can be rushed. Beating yourself up for not being further along doesn’t improve your situation. It makes you feel awful and it keeps you stuck. Your journey may be slow, but it’s not without promise. Despite how difficult this process has been, despite how hopeless you’ve felt, despite all of the people who have told you that you would never make it, you’ve never once given up. You’ve never stopped fighting and pushing forward.So give yourself some credit for that. It wasn’t easy. But you did it, and you deserve to be proud of yourself. Let go of this idea that you should be further ahead, and trust that it’s okay to be where you are. Trust that you won’t be here forever. Trust that you will get to where you need to be. You’re doing the best you can each day to fight the darkness you feel, and that’s all you can ask of yourself. It’s enough.

we must enter our bodies to do so… Our bodies hold fast to the truth.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him,try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult.People do notice, people appreciate.I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.

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artist, dreamer, mother
It's about LOVE,
It's about COMPASSION,
It's about KINDNESS and FAITH,
It has nothing to do with LUCK.
You get what you give,
So give GOOD
"Anything is possible in our lives when we stop denying ourselves the chance to see our own potential."
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